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saw jay carney a lot of questions about the scandal. one of the things i want to follow up here, and i think several reporters were trying to get to this, jay carney said a couple of times it was fbi protocol when the president was notify ed, you have an investigation that happens weeks, if not months but notified of general patreaus wednesday and general allen on friday. is the president satisfied that this is -- that he was notified in a timely manner? his satisfied with the fbi protocol in. >> well, i would refer to what jay said. he said the president is surprised this isn't what you're looking for the first week that you're elected. that the administration's moving swiftly on it and i expect they'll see it through. in the meantime i think that people will be looking for answers and the administration's looking to find the answers that the american people are looking for. >> do you know if there's anything afoot, any effort made on the white house behalf to change the fbi protocol so the president would be notified of these kind of
saw jay carney a lot of questions about the scandal. one of the things i want to follow up here, and i think several reporters were trying to get to this, jay carney said a couple of times it was fbi protocol when the president was notify ed, you have an investigation that happens weeks, if not months but notified of general patreaus wednesday and general allen on friday. is the president satisfied that this is -- that he was notified in a timely manner? his satisfied with the fbi protocol in....
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jay carney today took those e-mails and described them as open source unclassified e-mails. they also raised new questions as to why the white house waited eight kays days to label the ata terrorist attack. >> the independent accountability review board is hard at work reviewing everything. which i highly recommend as the inappropriate approach to something as complex as an attack like this. >> now, this is very important. clinton added and i want to quote her, posing something on facebook is not in and of itself, evidence. that was her way of saying that e-mail was off a facebook posting, but suzanne kelly is reporting the reason the suspect is in custody is because of information he posted on facebook and other websites. jason clark, jason chafe its, appreciate your taking the time. she appeared to chuckle a little bit as she talked about an independent review. she said we're not cherry picking. obviously, that's become a very politicized term over the past month. u do you think the more and more you hear, the more cloudy and uncertain the situation was, do you think they
jay carney today took those e-mails and described them as open source unclassified e-mails. they also raised new questions as to why the white house waited eight kays days to label the ata terrorist attack. >> the independent accountability review board is hard at work reviewing everything. which i highly recommend as the inappropriate approach to something as complex as an attack like this. >> now, this is very important. clinton added and i want to quote her, posing something on...
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susan rice, jay carney was going out of his way to say it was a terrorist attack. the president himself went to the u.n. several weeks later, still talking about the tape. they were talking about a demonstration that was never held. i would expect the president to say on september 12th, this was a terrorist attack. but to ignore the fact that al-qaeda affiliates from that region, there had been terrorist attacks before, to me, this was politics at its worst. >> you've accused the administration of telling misleading stories and contradicts stories and to be fair, administration officials did talk about the movie being to blame. they did say the attack wasn't premeditated and were at least inconsistent on the word, terror. rudy giuliani said this wasn't the result of confusion, incompetence, i'm going to quote him, sounds like a cover up. would you go that far? >> yes, i would. i'm not saying this is a criminal cover up. this is a political cover up because it went against the president's narrative. he could not acknowledge there was a terrorist attack because he ha
susan rice, jay carney was going out of his way to say it was a terrorist attack. the president himself went to the u.n. several weeks later, still talking about the tape. they were talking about a demonstration that was never held. i would expect the president to say on september 12th, this was a terrorist attack. but to ignore the fact that al-qaeda affiliates from that region, there had been terrorist attacks before, to me, this was politics at its worst. >> you've accused the...
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white house press secretary jay carney pointed the finger at republicans. >> you can't get everything you want and hold your breath. what we experienced and what we continue to experience is the adamant refusal of republicans led by house republicans to accept that millionaires and billionaires ought to be part of the deal. >> because slew of other issues are likely to go untouched. dana bash is on capitol hill and what's some of the other legislation that they could or should tackle? >> reporter: i've been talking to sources and my sense is that the thing that tell they'll do addition to making sure the congress is funded which is congress' basic function is deal with the farm bill. and that is a very big piece of lemgs larks aegislation and it s in two week. it is aid to people who really ned t need the money and the food the most. so the most likely thing they'll do is at least a one year extension and perhaps some help for drought stricken cattle rank rangers and farmers. >> a lot of those swing states are big in agriculture. we say shortfall session. how short is short? >> the ho
white house press secretary jay carney pointed the finger at republicans. >> you can't get everything you want and hold your breath. what we experienced and what we continue to experience is the adamant refusal of republicans led by house republicans to accept that millionaires and billionaires ought to be part of the deal. >> because slew of other issues are likely to go untouched. dana bash is on capitol hill and what's some of the other legislation that they could or should...
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jay carney again. >> i just want to be clear. it was never in the presidential daily brief or anything like that. >> i'm not going to sit and talk to you about this. >> the detail. >> no, i'm not. i'm saying matters of how many personnel are assigned to embassies and consulates and other diplomats facilities are not decided at the white house. they're decideded at the state department. >> they are decided at the state department. is it possible that the president and vice president did not know about the request for more security prior to the attack in ben gghazi? the answer is yes. but passing the buck may not add up. for two reasons. first, in a press release on september 10th, the white house said and i'll quote them. the president heard from key national security principles on our preparedness of our security posture on the eve of september 11th, to protect the american people both at home and abroad. now, maybe consulates don't make the cut for this kind of briefing, but maybe if they're in a middle eastern country in chaos
jay carney again. >> i just want to be clear. it was never in the presidential daily brief or anything like that. >> i'm not going to sit and talk to you about this. >> the detail. >> no, i'm not. i'm saying matters of how many personnel are assigned to embassies and consulates and other diplomats facilities are not decided at the white house. they're decideded at the state department. >> they are decided at the state department. is it possible that the president...
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the question has yet to be answered, why susan rice and jay carney said it was attributed to a video and spontaneous attack arising out of that video. there will be answers. it may be the cia told them that's what they thought. we have a report on friday, that conflicts about it a state department report. the bottom line is that question hasn't been answered. why the american people were told something that wasn't true. >> does it have to be one, it can't be both? because of a video and because there was something that was planned? i mean, is it mutually exclusive? it could be a number of things that cause it. >> i don't know if that's possible, don. right now i know these were planned terrorist attacks, these were not arisen out of spontaneous attacks, protest. there was no protest. we know there wasn't a protest, not even in response to a video. the point is we don't know the truth as the american people. debating when terror was uttered is not helping us understand the truth. we didn't know it for two weeks. >> well, i think what is foornt that came out of that exchange was that s
the question has yet to be answered, why susan rice and jay carney said it was attributed to a video and spontaneous attack arising out of that video. there will be answers. it may be the cia told them that's what they thought. we have a report on friday, that conflicts about it a state department report. the bottom line is that question hasn't been answered. why the american people were told something that wasn't true. >> does it have to be one, it can't be both? because of a video and...
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i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in ads trying to get romney elected. >>> and a new movie about abraham lincoln hits theatres this weekend. what three things president obama can learn from abe. good. now build a time machine. go here, find someone who can build a futuristic dash board display. bring future guy back. watch him build a tft display like nothing you've ever seen. get him to explain exactly what that is. the thin film transistor display... [ male announcer ] mmm, maybe not. just show it. customize the dash, give it park assist. the fuel efficiency flower thing. send future guy home, h
i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of...
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i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in ads trying to get romney elected. has rove lost his touch or not? >>> and a new movie about abraham lincoln hits theatres this weekend. what three things president obama can learn from abe. let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. mmm i can still see you. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and sup
i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of...
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a limited amount of time in the words of white house press secretary jay carney, but we also know that a lot of staff hours have had to go to dealing with this situation with generals petraeus and allen. yesterday this was the first press conference that we had a chance to ask jay carney about this situation. and he said that the president thinks very highly of general allen, of his service to his country, of the job he's done in afghanistan. and one reporter asked if he, if the president has the full faith, or if general allen, i should say, has the full faith of president obama. and here's what carney said. >> he has faith in general allen, believes he's doing and has done an excellent job at isap. and i would rephrase the pentagon for the process underway with regards to general allen. >> reporter: now carney downplayed questions on whether this whole situation illuminates something about the culture of military leadership. he said these are two events seeming to say they are two isolated instances, but zoraida, he did say that the president was surprised, i guess that's not particu
a limited amount of time in the words of white house press secretary jay carney, but we also know that a lot of staff hours have had to go to dealing with this situation with generals petraeus and allen. yesterday this was the first press conference that we had a chance to ask jay carney about this situation. and he said that the president thinks very highly of general allen, of his service to his country, of the job he's done in afghanistan. and one reporter asked if he, if the president has...
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but jay carney, i think that was on september 18th, actually said something not going quite as far. i think we have her sound bite. let's play the ambassador first. >> putting together the best information that we have available to us today, our current assessment is that what happened in benghazi was, in fact, initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in chiropractor r cairo. almost a copycat demonstrations against our facility in cairo prompted by th video. >> it was jay carney who did not go as far. my question for you would be when you say there was some kind of collusion. that was a serious charge. where are you seeing evidence of collusion between the state department and the white house? >> well, if you actually look at what jay carney said, i can pull up another clip for you and he goes further. and when president obama was asked directly on "the view" and on other situations he led people to believe there was a video. remember, we have a document that we is now out there in the media, 230 security interests -- attacks and other threats agains
but jay carney, i think that was on september 18th, actually said something not going quite as far. i think we have her sound bite. let's play the ambassador first. >> putting together the best information that we have available to us today, our current assessment is that what happened in benghazi was, in fact, initially a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired hours before in chiropractor r cairo. almost a copycat demonstrations against our facility in cairo prompted by th...
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. >> jay carney said friday it is the time to express sympathy for victims' families, not the time to engage in a policy debate. but i spoke with congresswoman mccarthy and she said she called up the white house and said, what are you talking about? this is something we should have been discussing for years. brianna keilar, cnn, the white house. [ heart beating, monitor beeping ] woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. that was me... the day i learned i had to start insulin for my type 2 diabetes. me... thinking my only option was the vial and syringe dad used. and me... discovering once-daily levemir® flexpen. flexpen® is prefilled. doesn't need refrigeration for up to 42 days. no drawing from a vial. dial the exact dose.
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right now jay carney, the white house press secretary is standing by to join us live. paul begala, mary matalin, they were worked in democratic white houses. we're going to go through what happens. also the presidential campaign, newt gingrich sort of backed down last night in the debate. what happened? we have a lot of that. >> we'll see el later and tonight, of course. >>> dana bash will go behind of scenes of the state of the union address, give us a sneak peek inside the house chamber floor. we'll be right back. you know organization is key... and so is having a trusted assistant. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above and still pay the mid-size price. here we are... [ male announcer ] and there you go, business pro. there you go. go national. go like a pro. a living, breathing intelligence that is helping business rethink how to do business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ in here, machines have a voice... ♪ [ male announcer ] in here, medical histor
right now jay carney, the white house press secretary is standing by to join us live. paul begala, mary matalin, they were worked in democratic white houses. we're going to go through what happens. also the presidential campaign, newt gingrich sort of backed down last night in the debate. what happened? we have a lot of that. >> we'll see el later and tonight, of course. >>> dana bash will go behind of scenes of the state of the union address, give us a sneak peek inside the...
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white house spokesman jay carney reiterated that position yesterday. >> based on the information we had at the time and had to this day, we do not have evidence it was premeditated. >> but today, carney for the first time called it a terrorist attack and changed his wording, i quote him, we have no information at this point to suggest this is a significantly preplanned attack. a u.s. official who did not want to be named tells cnn today, we acknowledge contradicty information about whether there was aprotest prior to the attack. and there are questions about whether the u.s. missed very important warning signs. arwa damon on the ground. you have hear her on this show, has reported that according to libyan military officials, three days before the attacks took place, the libyan military officials had a meeting with senior employees at the embassy in tripoli and warned them about a rising threat against western interests in benghazi. libyan military officials said they said the libyan government could not control the militias and advised the american, decrease their presence in benghazi.
white house spokesman jay carney reiterated that position yesterday. >> based on the information we had at the time and had to this day, we do not have evidence it was premeditated. >> but today, carney for the first time called it a terrorist attack and changed his wording, i quote him, we have no information at this point to suggest this is a significantly preplanned attack. a u.s. official who did not want to be named tells cnn today, we acknowledge contradicty information about...
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>> yes, jay carney said they are going to have on record people who voted ghens this. and jessica yellin pointed out, interesting if we would see campaign commercials. you heard the president in his address just saying this is a make or break moment for the middle class. it's important to note that if this were to pass, if there's no expectation that it would get nearly the support it needs to pass, but it doesn't change the situation for the middle class, it changes the situation for the richest americans, but it doesn't change big picture, the situation for the middle class. the white house is arguing, yes, it does. it goes towards closing that gap. but when you actually look at the numbers, this ast small step. this is not reducing taxes or adding benefits for the middle class or those struggling right now. >> if you ask conservative, they say sthst class warfair. the dough was down 78 points. i think it was down 200. >> a lot has to do with the wobbly global economy. this isn't a reaction to what president obama is talking about. this is not expecting to get any in
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if you look at what jay carney said and you look at what the president said, they did not go as far. they were weak on saying terror but they also didn't quite say video. they sort of referenced them. >> a day or two afterwards, we'll have to pull up the film but jay carney went further than that. you had 230 incidents there in benghazi. you had the assassination attempt of the british ambassador. the bombing of the red cross. the brits get out of there. it's libya. we're coming up on 9/11 -- >> is that incompetence or is that a cover-up? because i think everyone would say huge intelligence screwup. no question. is it just incompetence or is that intentional cover-up to me sort of implies there's some kind of criminal act under it all. >> well, look, when the vice president came out in the debate and said we had no idea they asked for more security. ignorance is not really a great defense. and even when secretary clinton said, look, security professionals made these decisions. no they didn't. the security professional that testified at the committee said we were under pressure to com
if you look at what jay carney said and you look at what the president said, they did not go as far. they were weak on saying terror but they also didn't quite say video. they sort of referenced them. >> a day or two afterwards, we'll have to pull up the film but jay carney went further than that. you had 230 incidents there in benghazi. you had the assassination attempt of the british ambassador. the bombing of the red cross. the brits get out of there. it's libya. we're coming up on...
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we have jay carney at the white house speaking on this. let's listen in. >> -- using the power of his office to push for tighter gun control? >> i appreciate the question. the president spoke last night at the vigil in newtown. and he spoke about the fact that the families of newtown are not alone. and he also spoke about the fact that the kind of violence that occurred in newtown occurs too often. in this country, although what we saw in newtown was particularly horrific. he said that in the coming weeks, he would use the power of his office to engage the american people and lawmakers, law enforcement, mental health experts, educators and others in an effort to try to prevent these kinds of terrible tragedies from happening in the future. it's a complex problem that will require a complex solution. no single piece of legislation, no single action will fully address the problem. so i don't have a specific agenda to announce to you today. i would simply point you to what the president said last night about moving forward in coming weeks. an
we have jay carney at the white house speaking on this. let's listen in. >> -- using the power of his office to push for tighter gun control? >> i appreciate the question. the president spoke last night at the vigil in newtown. and he spoke about the fact that the families of newtown are not alone. and he also spoke about the fact that the kind of violence that occurred in newtown occurs too often. in this country, although what we saw in newtown was particularly horrific. he said...
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in fact, jay carney likes to say they don't read out every single phone call. perhaps it is indication of the pressure the white house is feeling for not having a face-to-face meeting. >> and for his part governor romney is also scheduled to have a telephone call with benjamin netanyahu today. is this about politics? is this necessary. how did that get on the agenda? >> perhaps a little of both. mitt romney who has been critical saying the president has thrown israel under the bus recently saying the obama administration has a, quote, chronic disregard for the security of israel, so now in the same day that the president will be having this phone call with benjamin netanyahu, mitt romney's campaign saying he, too, will be speaking with him by phone. this is a chance for mitt romney to again show that he is a friend to israel and that he is committed to making sure that iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon. >> okay. dan lothian at the white house. thanks very much, live for us this morning. it merits repeating that they have had a strained relationship almost
in fact, jay carney likes to say they don't read out every single phone call. perhaps it is indication of the pressure the white house is feeling for not having a face-to-face meeting. >> and for his part governor romney is also scheduled to have a telephone call with benjamin netanyahu today. is this about politics? is this necessary. how did that get on the agenda? >> perhaps a little of both. mitt romney who has been critical saying the president has thrown israel under the bus...
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and i asked jay carney if the white house is going to be releasing some of that information from their review. and he said only if someone can show that there's a credible against the white house staff. fell us what's going on. i think there is sort of a fine line to walk here, and that's because as you've heard from white house officials that the president is standing behind the white house officials. we hear every day jay carney say that there was respect for the men and women who on a daily basis are putting their lives really at risk to protect president obama, but basement, the white house is being careful to make sure they -- especially since now that you have 12 members of the secret service, 12 members of the military and one is a remember of the white house communications agency. the white house wanting to make it very clear that it is still one who reports to the pentagon, even though they're doing things like following the president securely and even shooting videos of obama for archival purposes. >> details from the u.s. military to the white house communications agently. >
and i asked jay carney if the white house is going to be releasing some of that information from their review. and he said only if someone can show that there's a credible against the white house staff. fell us what's going on. i think there is sort of a fine line to walk here, and that's because as you've heard from white house officials that the president is standing behind the white house officials. we hear every day jay carney say that there was respect for the men and women who on a daily...
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jay carney, spokesperson during the daily briefing here, said that the president has now spoken with the leaders, the republican leaders of the house and the senate here, you have senator mitch mcconnell and speaker john boehner, they all spoke with the president, over the weekend by phone, about the fiscal cliff. here's what jay carney said. >> forecast to be done, work is continuing to take place, the president spoke with both senator reid and speaker boehner over the weekend as you noted. he'll continue to have outreach with -- as he promised he would with various stake holders, business leaders and others this week. as well as conversations that are ongoing between his staff and folks on the hill. that will continue. we hope to see progress. >> and meeting with the leaders? >> i don't have any scheduling updates, but you stole my thunder a little bit, but, yeah, he spoke with speaker boehner and senator reid over the weekend and, you know, he will meet with them at the appropriate time as well as obviously nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. so, you know, the process that he began
jay carney, spokesperson during the daily briefing here, said that the president has now spoken with the leaders, the republican leaders of the house and the senate here, you have senator mitch mcconnell and speaker john boehner, they all spoke with the president, over the weekend by phone, about the fiscal cliff. here's what jay carney said. >> forecast to be done, work is continuing to take place, the president spoke with both senator reid and speaker boehner over the weekend as you...
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white house spokesman jay carney pointing out that recently they had a phone conversation that lasted more than an hour. so their message is that the two leaders communicate all the time, even if they're not meeting face-to-face. >> dan lothian, appreciate it. and david gergening, thanks. >> thank you. >>> raw politics tonight. new polling and a fight over all that polling. some are now claiming that the polls are skewed against mitt romney. republicans claiming that. ari fleischer believes it. he joins us. so does obama 2012 pollster cornell bell chesh, meaning he believes it, and john king, so you can decide for yourself what you should believe. dfrmths a young tv actor brutally kill his elder ly landlady before falling to his own death? the tragic story behind a hollywood murder mystery when we continue. >>> raw politics now. in a case of complaining about the ref when the call goes against you or perhaps in this instance, questioning the polls, virtually all of them, when the polls show you losing. so do the complainers have a case? get ready for a debate on that. first, you guess
white house spokesman jay carney pointing out that recently they had a phone conversation that lasted more than an hour. so their message is that the two leaders communicate all the time, even if they're not meeting face-to-face. >> dan lothian, appreciate it. and david gergening, thanks. >> thank you. >>> raw politics tonight. new polling and a fight over all that polling. some are now claiming that the polls are skewed against mitt romney. republicans claiming that. ari...
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jay carney saying this is a wholly unnecessary vote pointing the finger at republicans saying they are just all about politics here. they are made a strategic choice to score some political points. they should be focused on the economy, putting more teachers in the classroom and making sure the interest rates stay low. not on this vote. >> i know it was the president who used the executive privilege last week. can the white house or doj do anything if it's this late in the game to hold off this contempt vote? >> reporter: that's such a good question because there were behind the scene negotiations that broke down, but white house spokesman jay carney, sounded a bit optimistic. sgh y >> you remain hopeful that common sense revails. you have to look at the beginning of the year when republicans announced that one of their chief legislative priorities was to investigate and damage the president politically. >> reporter: he is hopeful, but he would not say whether there were ongoing talks between the white house and members of congress and whether or not the president himself was actively
jay carney saying this is a wholly unnecessary vote pointing the finger at republicans saying they are just all about politics here. they are made a strategic choice to score some political points. they should be focused on the economy, putting more teachers in the classroom and making sure the interest rates stay low. not on this vote. >> i know it was the president who used the executive privilege last week. can the white house or doj do anything if it's this late in the game to hold...
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. >> those were comments from white house press secretary jay carney. now we'll play you the ad. >> they will vote for this president no matter what. my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them. >> wow. >> i felt sick to my stomach. >> i don't like it. >> it shows that he's out 0 of tuch, if they thinks half of the country is feeling like victims. >> victims, i wouldn't say so. i don't think that's part of the american fabric. >> i'm not looking for -- >> anna, you know, for people just seeing that ad and not seeing the full video, we haven't seen the full video yet, what is the impact like here? is this play out in a 24, 48-news cycle or is this long lasting? it we'll see how much money if any, the democrats put behind that ad. poppy, that's what political advertising is like today. comments taken out of context. we've seen barack obama's context on you didn't build that being used against him. we've seen barack obama's comment when he got caught with an open mike telling the president of russia i'll have more flexibility in a s
. >> those were comments from white house press secretary jay carney. now we'll play you the ad. >> they will vote for this president no matter what. my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them. >> wow. >> i felt sick to my stomach. >> i don't like it. >> it shows that he's out 0 of tuch, if they thinks half of the country is feeling like victims. >> victims, i wouldn't say so. i don't think that's part of the american fabric....
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in fact, jay carney, the white house spokesman, likes to say that not every phone conversation that the president has with world leaders is read out. >> david, do you think, i mean, that the daylight between these two leaders, it's going to become more stark as the threat becomes closer. >> absolutely. bob gates, our outgoing defense secretary, has been in government over 30 years, told me before he left this iranian problem is the most difficult problem he had seen in government in over 30 years. the hardest problem to solve. there are no good solutions. >> no good solutions because the difficulty militarily of actually -- >> if you go in militarily, if you strike with the air force, a, you only set them back two or three years but secondly, there may be so much mischief that they could do that you then feel under a lot of pressure to go in and decapitate the regime. that means you have to put boots in the ground. there is nobody in the u.s. army wants to do that. they have done a lot of work with the israelis on defense, protection, missile protection and that sort of thing, and there
in fact, jay carney, the white house spokesman, likes to say that not every phone conversation that the president has with world leaders is read out. >> david, do you think, i mean, that the daylight between these two leaders, it's going to become more stark as the threat becomes closer. >> absolutely. bob gates, our outgoing defense secretary, has been in government over 30 years, told me before he left this iranian problem is the most difficult problem he had seen in government in...
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they want the media to say no, jay carney is wrong or, yes, jay carney is right. there are all sorts of things now like fact checking things from newspapers, like the washington post and others, who try to arrive at a -- >> are you a columnist, and you can say whatever you want. if you are a strit reporter or editing reporter as you are now, is that the role of the press is that this guy is lying. >> i think that the white house is asking for was to not listen to the other side's point of view, which is never going to happen, and i think both sides in this happens increasingly in a very partisan city. both sides discount the other side's point of view as being in any way credible, and so they're demanding you only listen to them. that's obviously not going to happen. i think any story will have the perspective of both sides, but i think even regular reporters are under some responsibility to try and figure out what the basic truth is. it may not be as easy when it comes to things like -- >> i agree with that totally, and you can't play he-said-she-said. our role i
they want the media to say no, jay carney is wrong or, yes, jay carney is right. there are all sorts of things now like fact checking things from newspapers, like the washington post and others, who try to arrive at a -- >> are you a columnist, and you can say whatever you want. if you are a strit reporter or editing reporter as you are now, is that the role of the press is that this guy is lying. >> i think that the white house is asking for was to not listen to the other side's...
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huge policy questions when the vice president says we did not know, jay carney says it was a personal we, the president and vice president did not know. what the romney campaign says this is a pattern. they say whenever there's something damaging in the administration, the white house washes its hands and says somewhere in the bureaucracy someone else is responsible for that and say the president of the united states is in charge of that bureaucracy, he should take responsibility for it. wants answers democrats and republicans as to why the security requests didn't make their way up the food chain fast enough, governor romney thinks, wolf, this is an opening to question the president's leadership and his management. that he's in charge of the enterprise, therefore he's responsible and has he led properly? has he asked the right questions when you have a dicey situation like libya? we'll see how that plays out. and the third debate is on security issues. >> yeah, national security foreign policy, the whole thing is going to be on that. this is the 11th anniversary of 9/11. there had be
huge policy questions when the vice president says we did not know, jay carney says it was a personal we, the president and vice president did not know. what the romney campaign says this is a pattern. they say whenever there's something damaging in the administration, the white house washes its hands and says somewhere in the bureaucracy someone else is responsible for that and say the president of the united states is in charge of that bureaucracy, he should take responsibility for it. wants...
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carney the president's spokesperson who says there was nothing pointing to this being a planned act of terror. then we heard from the u.n. ambassador susan rice who said that there was nothing that showed this was planned or premeditated, when we heard from her on the 16th on on all the sunday shows and we heard from panetta on the 26th who said it was clear this was a planned act of terror. should the administration come out and say what it absolutely is or is not before they know? >> well, president obama said the buck stops with him, and the administration should investigate and come out with exactly what happened there. you know, i really find it interesting that the republicans are trying to use this for the election when -- when congressman ryan, my colleague, had a budget which cut $330 million out of diplomatic security which is less than what the administration requested. so, you know, i want to get to the bottom of it, and i want to find out if -- if there were any kind of improprieties, and if there are heads should roll, but i think using this to use cheap political gain
carney the president's spokesperson who says there was nothing pointing to this being a planned act of terror. then we heard from the u.n. ambassador susan rice who said that there was nothing that showed this was planned or premeditated, when we heard from her on the 16th on on all the sunday shows and we heard from panetta on the 26th who said it was clear this was a planned act of terror. should the administration come out and say what it absolutely is or is not before they know? >>...
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you heard from jay carney something else. they took a couple weeks before they were able to get their story to the. but in that moment you see governor romney looking very confu confused about this act of terror line. wasn't that a big loss? that's my question. >> no. no. because what he did is put this into the conversation again. and now people understand that the president had -- and his ambassador to the u.n., and jay carney, and all the apologists for this white house, and all the groupies on television that are trying to cover his butt have been lying about the president trying to deceive america that that tragedy was the result of a video, rather than acknowledging right from the beginning that this was a well-planned, well-executed, terrorist attack -- >> but i thought the president -- >> -- which undermines the president's claim that we no longer have terrorism rampant in that area. >> -- the president so you realize that what he said in the debate last night was the day after the attack, here was the statement from
you heard from jay carney something else. they took a couple weeks before they were able to get their story to the. but in that moment you see governor romney looking very confu confused about this act of terror line. wasn't that a big loss? that's my question. >> no. no. because what he did is put this into the conversation again. and now people understand that the president had -- and his ambassador to the u.n., and jay carney, and all the apologists for this white house, and all the...
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white house secretary jay carney says the report will be delivered late next week. >>> now our fourth story "outfront." the fight for ohio. it's a crucial battleground state, but it has become ground zero of this election. so does the current electoral map add up to a wing for obama or romney? our john king owns the magic wall. >> let me give you three reasons why that's even more true this year. one is history. 1960, that's the last time ohio got it wrong, voting for nixon over kennedy. in every presidential election since, including 2008 when then senator obama carried ohio, it has picked the winner in presidential politics. number two, especially important in the wake of today's job numbers, this is one battleground where the president cab make the case people are better off. 8.6% when the president took office. 7.2% now. in some battlegrounds it's up. ohio, one of the big battlegrounds where it is down. the president says that's because of his work in the auto bailout industry. number three, if the president can hold ohio, no republican in modern times has won the white house with
white house secretary jay carney says the report will be delivered late next week. >>> now our fourth story "outfront." the fight for ohio. it's a crucial battleground state, but it has become ground zero of this election. so does the current electoral map add up to a wing for obama or romney? our john king owns the magic wall. >> let me give you three reasons why that's even more true this year. one is history. 1960, that's the last time ohio got it wrong, voting for...
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that was from the white house press secretary, jay carney. the harrowing words from the students who witnessed something that no child should ever have to see are such a powerful reminder of the enormity of this tragedy. to give us a better idea of what happened, cnn josh levs is going to give us a 3-d look at the school. >> i'm going to take you through some new information that we got this morning. this is a 3-d image of the school. we learned this morning that police are saying that the entire thing is and remains a crime scene. they say they are searching each and every room and in the words of the police, each he every week in the parking lot. we do not know if there are specific things they are looking for but we do know that they are searching absolutely everything, scouring the area. police put out a statement this morning saying that the first 911 call about this came in at about 9:30 a.m. i want our viewers in this country and around the world to understand that every seconds count, even fractions of a minute. if the call came in ar
that was from the white house press secretary, jay carney. the harrowing words from the students who witnessed something that no child should ever have to see are such a powerful reminder of the enormity of this tragedy. to give us a better idea of what happened, cnn josh levs is going to give us a 3-d look at the school. >> i'm going to take you through some new information that we got this morning. this is a 3-d image of the school. we learned this morning that police are saying that...
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i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of dollars in ads trying to get romney elected. >>> and a new movie about abraham lincoln hits theatres this weekend. what three things president obama can learn from abe. that guy, put him in it. what's this? [ male announcer ] tell him he's about to find out. you're about to find out. [ male announcer ] test it. highlight the european chassis, 6 speed manual, dual exhaust, wide stance, clean lines, have him floor it, spin it, punch it, drift it, put it through its paces, is he happy? oh ya, he's happy! [ male announcer ] and that's how you test your car for fun. easy. as p
i asked that question at the briefing and jay carney was very clear. the president campaigned on an increase in rates for the highest earners and that's where he's sticking. now, could that give between now and the end of negotiation? who knows. but they were pretty emphatic on that point. >> that means this is going to be a long, nasty bruiser. thanks so jessica. still to come, after mitt romney, karl rove may be the biggest loser from this election. he wasted hundreds of millions of...
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i understand that jay carney and the white house spokesman is talking about ann romney addressing this issue. let's listen in. >> it is not coincidental that the very first piece of legislation that this president signed when he entered office was the lily ledbetter free pay act. it had passed congress and the president signed it in law. why did it take president obama entering office, being sworn into office to have the fair pay act become law? because republicans overwhelmingly opposed it and presumably still do. when the president took office, we were shedding roughly 750,000 jobs a month and men and women across the country were feeling the pain of the worst recession since the great depression. we have seen 25 straight months of private sector growth, and when it comes to women and the economy, there has been a particular focus. as you know, just as recently as last week there was a forum here to discuss exactly what we need to continue doing to ensure that women are able to get to work with good paying jobs that can help their families and help them make ends meet. i would note a
i understand that jay carney and the white house spokesman is talking about ann romney addressing this issue. let's listen in. >> it is not coincidental that the very first piece of legislation that this president signed when he entered office was the lily ledbetter free pay act. it had passed congress and the president signed it in law. why did it take president obama entering office, being sworn into office to have the fair pay act become law? because republicans overwhelmingly opposed...
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we saw jay carney saying days after that. but it was set by rice's appearance on those shows. to me she was clearly sending a message it was not terrorist. what she should have said was that there is considerable evidence this could be teorm. the fact that al qaeda is a stronghold in that area, the fact that al sharia has a hold on that area, direct and indirect fire coming in, heavy weapons involved, the presumption should have been leaning towards terrorism. she wanted to say we're not absolutely certain of the terrorist control, that would have been a true statement. but to come out so clearly and deny and say there was no terrorist involvement, this was not a terrorist attack, that was i believe irresponsible. anwhether she wa saying it on her own or she was told to say it or whatever, the fact is she was the vehicle by which this message translated to the world. >> remember this incident occurred on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 in benghazi. i looked it up. here's what she said on some of the shows. i'll read it to you. >> sure. >> she said our current best assessment base
we saw jay carney saying days after that. but it was set by rice's appearance on those shows. to me she was clearly sending a message it was not terrorist. what she should have said was that there is considerable evidence this could be teorm. the fact that al qaeda is a stronghold in that area, the fact that al sharia has a hold on that area, direct and indirect fire coming in, heavy weapons involved, the presumption should have been leaning towards terrorism. she wanted to say we're not...
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. >> white house spokesman jay carney said now is the time to have sympathy for families. making it clear he doesn't think it's time to engage in a policy debate. but talking to congresswoman mccarthy today, she said when she heard that, she said she was upset and called up the white house and said what are you talking about? this is something we should have been talking about years ago. >> and brianna, i understand with' ear also getting new word about the president and his decision, as far as the next secretary of state is concerned. >> that's right, wolf. we're just finding out that president obama has decided on senator john kerry to replace hillary clinton as the secretary of state. this is coming to cnn from a democrat who spoke with kerry. and that same source says that this announcement could be made formal as early as next week. as you know, wolf, sort of the way was paved here for this to happen when u.n. ambassador susan rice withdrew her name for consideration with this post, leaving senator kerry as really the only other name that was really being discussed. >
. >> white house spokesman jay carney said now is the time to have sympathy for families. making it clear he doesn't think it's time to engage in a policy debate. but talking to congresswoman mccarthy today, she said when she heard that, she said she was upset and called up the white house and said what are you talking about? this is something we should have been talking about years ago. >> and brianna, i understand with' ear also getting new word about the president and his...
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and he since has been receiving regular updates according to the white house spokesman jay carney. we do know, wolf, he's expected to address this, to actually come out before the cameras, perhaps, and give some sort of statement to speak to this. he's been in touch with the governor of connecticut. he's been in touch with his fbi director. the white house has been waiting to get a firmer grasp on the facts. as you know, it is a very fluid situation and the president certainly wants to know he has a firm grasp on the facts of the case, what is going on before he addresses the nation, wolf. >> it looks like this may be the worst mass killing at a school in u.s. history, based on the information i'm getting over here. columbine high school, littleton, colorado, back in 1999, dylan klebold and eric harris killed 12 fellow students and one teach brother before committing suicide in the school library. in this case, john king reporting close to 30, we believe, are now dead. and 18 to 20 of them children, if those numbers hold up. this looks like it could be the worst mass killing in ame
and he since has been receiving regular updates according to the white house spokesman jay carney. we do know, wolf, he's expected to address this, to actually come out before the cameras, perhaps, and give some sort of statement to speak to this. he's been in touch with the governor of connecticut. he's been in touch with his fbi director. the white house has been waiting to get a firmer grasp on the facts. as you know, it is a very fluid situation and the president certainly wants to know he...
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i asked jay carney today about this strategy of perhaps avoiding headlines. he laughed off the suggestion. -- narrated by tom hanks oscar-winning director. is the everyday defense of the president's record not getting through? >> are you suggesting i'm no tom hanks? [ laughter ] >> i would refer you to the campaign. i think as a matter of broad principle, as someone in the communications business, as you are, that we take advantage of every opportunity we can to explain the president's policies, explain his positions, describe his vision for the country moving forward. that would apply both as i discuss those matters of policy from here, and i'm sure -- not speaking for the campaign, but i'm taking a wild guess that that's the approach they take. >> reporter: so jay carney jokeses about the approach, wolf, but some republicans certainly aren't, a spokeswoman for the rnc saying voters don't need a movie trailer or documentary to learn about the president's records, blaming him for unemployment -- the unemployment rate, the national debt and for high gas prices
i asked jay carney today about this strategy of perhaps avoiding headlines. he laughed off the suggestion. -- narrated by tom hanks oscar-winning director. is the everyday defense of the president's record not getting through? >> are you suggesting i'm no tom hanks? [ laughter ] >> i would refer you to the campaign. i think as a matter of broad principle, as someone in the communications business, as you are, that we take advantage of every opportunity we can to explain the...
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obviously, mitt romney did lob the first barb and jay carney accusing the mitt romney campaign of trying to score points. top foreign policy adviser to the romney campaign said there's a compelling story that under a president romney, this wouldn't have happened. for the first time since jimmy carter, we've had an american ambassador assassinated. he's blaming the president for this happening. isn't this going too far? >> well, we are in a political season. i just don't think you can make a claim that under any one president that the middle east would somehow be calmed down under their administration. i think that governor romney was well in bounds to critique the obama embassy for coming out and basically apologiing for americans being american to try and prevent an uprising and from a broader sense, he could then attack the president on the terms of some type of appeasement. he wouldn't appease those folks. he would draw a line in the sand, say our allies are our ally, our friends are our friends and we will protect them, but attack anyone who tries to attack us or those interests. fro
obviously, mitt romney did lob the first barb and jay carney accusing the mitt romney campaign of trying to score points. top foreign policy adviser to the romney campaign said there's a compelling story that under a president romney, this wouldn't have happened. for the first time since jimmy carter, we've had an american ambassador assassinated. he's blaming the president for this happening. isn't this going too far? >> well, we are in a political season. i just don't think you can make...
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>> i don't think jay carney. not meant in the way he used it there. i think -- my understanding is rump faction is what's left over when the entire party moves to one ideology or changes their point of view on a certain issue. rump, it's the remainder of what's left of the party. >> will and i both read the wikipedia on the rump faction. it's not just a little bit of the republican party that feels this way it's the the whole republican party feels this way. >> pete? >> yeah, patricia, a rump faction is the part of the animal, carol, no one really wants to eat and that's clearly what jay carney was referring to. part of the republican party that no one really wants to be. i have no idea. i have never heard about it. rump faction. it's this breakaway idea. >> rump faction. >> it made me think of rump roast. >> it's a new segment you're going to be doing. the rump faction. >> thanks to all of you, it's been fun. >>> the kony 2012 campaign brought worldwide attention to the hunt of a no tors you warlord. we'll hear from the group's ceo, that's just ahead
>> i don't think jay carney. not meant in the way he used it there. i think -- my understanding is rump faction is what's left over when the entire party moves to one ideology or changes their point of view on a certain issue. rump, it's the remainder of what's left of the party. >> will and i both read the wikipedia on the rump faction. it's not just a little bit of the republican party that feels this way it's the the whole republican party feels this way. >> pete? >>...
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carney comes out and says this is not a tax, or when the white house itself says it's not a tax, the first thing that ought to come to mind when you hear that dishonesty is the phrase, liar, liar, pants on fire. >> here's what the editorial in the "wall street journal," among other things, said, referring to this confusion, the reaction coming from the romney campaign to the supreme court decision. "this latest mistake is of a piece with the campaign's insular staff and strategy that are slowly squandering an historic opportunity. mr. obama is being hurt by an economic recovery that is weakening for the third time in three years. but mr. romney hasn't been able to take advantage, and if anything, he is losing ground." now, in the scheme of things, you know the editorial writers of the "wall street journal," you know the influence that this newspaper has among republicans, the conservative base. when they say these things about the romney campaign, about the romney staff, how significant, in your historic assessment, is it? >> look, everybody in the campaign pays attention to what the
carney comes out and says this is not a tax, or when the white house itself says it's not a tax, the first thing that ought to come to mind when you hear that dishonesty is the phrase, liar, liar, pants on fire. >> here's what the editorial in the "wall street journal," among other things, said, referring to this confusion, the reaction coming from the romney campaign to the supreme court decision. "this latest mistake is of a piece with the campaign's insular staff and...
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secretary -- press secretary here jay carney putting out a statement a short time ago saying, quote, the parameters of a deal are clear and the president's willing to work to reach a bipartisan solution that averts the first, protects middle class, helps the economy and puts our nation on a fiscally sustainable path but not willing to accept a deal that doesn't ask enough of the very wealthiest in taxes and instead shifts the burden to the middle class and seniors. the speaker's plan b approach doesn't meet this test. and it really has been a back and forth because we soon heard back from speaker boehner's office, bran dan bucks saying, the white house's position defies common sense. what is clear, though, that is both sides here, despite the back and forth in the plan b, both sides say that they're willing to sit down and work on an agreement, this broader agreement but a lot of concern as the clock ticks down. >> looks like both sides seem to be giving in a little bit, giving up something. does this look like a political tactic, the fact he's going to say there's a plan b? that it
secretary -- press secretary here jay carney putting out a statement a short time ago saying, quote, the parameters of a deal are clear and the president's willing to work to reach a bipartisan solution that averts the first, protects middle class, helps the economy and puts our nation on a fiscally sustainable path but not willing to accept a deal that doesn't ask enough of the very wealthiest in taxes and instead shifts the burden to the middle class and seniors. the speaker's plan b approach...
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carney, basically trying to draw a extinctidistin between the romney we see on the tapes and president obama. >> when you're president of the united states, you are president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you. you've heard the president say so many times, because he deeply believes it, that we're in this together, all of us. >> peter, do we have any idea where the obama campaign plans to take this? will the president take this issue with, you know, romney on the campaign trail? vice president joe biden is speaking around now. we're waiting toee if he makes any remarks. what do you think? >> biden said today he thinks the words stand for themselves. obama campaign manager sent out something about this last night. if this doesn't show up in a tv ad it probably malpractice. the best way to attack an opponent is to use his own words against him in a television ad. i've been talking to republicans in ohio and florida bracing for just that. the president himself has multiple opportunities to talk about this today. one, he's taping david letterman. should be taping it a
carney, basically trying to draw a extinctidistin between the romney we see on the tapes and president obama. >> when you're president of the united states, you are president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you. you've heard the president say so many times, because he deeply believes it, that we're in this together, all of us. >> peter, do we have any idea where the obama campaign plans to take this? will the president take this issue with, you know, romney on...